Ecuador Genealogical Records
Ecuador Birth & Baptism Records
An index to and images of registers of baptism, confirmation, marriage, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations; and deaths. The records contain around 15 million entries.
An index of over 550,000 records of births and baptisms, including parents' names and other details.
Ecuador Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to and images of registers of baptism, confirmation, marriage, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations; and deaths. The records contain around 15 million entries.
An index to over 270,000 marriage records, including date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
Ecuador Death & Burial Records
An index to and images of registers of baptism, confirmation, marriage, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations; and deaths. The records contain around 15 million entries.
An index to around 50,000 death records. The index may contain name, age, gender, parents' names, place of burial and date of burial.
Newspapers Covering Ecuador
An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
Ecuador Directories & Gazetteers
A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.
Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.
Ecuador Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Ecuador Histories & Books
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.
Ecuador Occupation & Business Records
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Ecuador
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.
Ecuador Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
Ecuador Church Records
An index to and images of registers of baptism, confirmation, marriage, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations; and deaths. The records contain around 15 million entries.
Ecuador Maps
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Historical Description
A State divided into 17 provinces and one territory, on the western side of South America, with a population estimated at 2,000,000 mostly of Spanish descent. The Imports from England in 1920 were valued at £1,365,128; Exports to the United Kingdom 41,666,882.
The mineral and vegetable products of Ecuador are very valuable. There are extensive forests, and the cinchona bark tree is common. Its chief vegetable products are cocoa, cotton, india-rubber, tobacco, fruits, &c., while its minerals consists of gold, quicksilver, lead, iron and copper. Guayaquil, the chief port, has a population of (1920) 100,000. Quito, the capital, has about 70,000, and Cuenca, 30,000.
Most Common Surnames in Ecuador
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garcia | 192,145 | 1:83 | |
| 2 | Sanchez | 189,400 | 1:84 | |
| 3 | Zambrano | 166,992 | 1:95 | |
| 4 | Lopez | 160,109 | 1:99 | |
| 5 | Rodriguez | 149,124 | 1:107 | |
| 6 | Vera | 111,910 | 1:142 | |
| 7 | Gonzalez | 93,226 | 1:171 | |
| 8 | Torres | 92,119 | 1:173 | |
| 9 | Mendoza | 77,994 | 1:204 | |
| 10 | Castro | 77,277 | 1:206 | |
| 11 | Perez | 75,200 | 1:212 | |
| 12 | Jimenez | 71,573 | 1:222 | |
| 13 | Flores | 69,456 | 1:229 | |
| 14 | Delgado | 69,057 | 1:230 | |
| 15 | Macias | 69,051 | 1:230 | |
| 16 | Romero | 68,995 | 1:231 | |
| 17 | Espinoza | 66,230 | 1:240 | |
| 18 | Gomez | 65,964 | 1:241 | |
| 19 | Salazar | 64,036 | 1:248 | |
| 20 | Martinez | 63,779 | 1:249 | |
| 21 | Leon | 62,577 | 1:254 | |
| 22 | Andrade | 61,498 | 1:259 | |
| 23 | Castillo | 59,536 | 1:267 | |
| 24 | Ortiz | 59,423 | 1:268 | |
| 25 | Loor | 59,381 | 1:268 | |
| 26 | Moreira | 59,343 | 1:268 | |
| 27 | Ramirez | 58,338 | 1:273 | |
| 28 | Alvarado | 58,151 | 1:274 | |
| 29 | Bravo | 57,710 | 1:276 | |
| 30 | Morales | 57,304 | 1:278 | |
| 31 | Cevallos | 57,153 | 1:278 | |
| 32 | Reyes | 56,427 | 1:282 | |
| 33 | Ruiz | 56,086 | 1:284 | |
| 34 | Suarez | 54,688 | 1:291 | |
| 35 | Diaz | 54,312 | 1:293 | |
| 36 | Alvarez | 54,296 | 1:293 | |
| 37 | Vargas | 53,916 | 1:295 | |
| 38 | Herrera | 53,053 | 1:300 | |
| 39 | Velez | 52,789 | 1:301 | |
| 40 | Guerrero | 50,336 | 1:316 | |
| 41 | Guaman | 49,383 | 1:322 | |
| 42 | Chavez | 49,291 | 1:323 | |
| 43 | Mora | 46,857 | 1:339 | |
| 44 | Cabrera | 46,008 | 1:346 | |
| 45 | Jaramillo | 44,990 | 1:354 | |
| 46 | Paredes | 44,879 | 1:354 | |
| 47 | Molina | 44,840 | 1:355 | |
| 48 | Rivera | 43,803 | 1:363 | |
| 49 | Moran | 42,011 | 1:379 | |
| 50 | Cruz | 40,927 | 1:389 | |
| 51 | Moreno | 40,476 | 1:393 | |
| 52 | Ortega | 39,173 | 1:406 | |
| 53 | Vasquez | 38,991 | 1:408 | |
| 54 | Alcivar | 38,515 | 1:413 | |
| 55 | Medina | 38,457 | 1:414 | |
| 56 | Fernandez | 37,677 | 1:422 | |
| 57 | Arias | 36,930 | 1:431 | |
| 58 | Vega | 35,059 | 1:454 | |
| 59 | Valencia | 34,227 | 1:465 | |
| 60 | Silva | 34,071 | 1:467 | |
| 61 | Aguilar | 33,552 | 1:474 | |
| 62 | Mejia | 33,453 | 1:475 | |
| 63 | Morocho | 33,329 | 1:477 | |
| 64 | Calderon | 33,309 | 1:478 | |
| 65 | Maldonado | 32,759 | 1:486 | |
| 66 | Hidalgo | 32,304 | 1:492 | |
| 67 | Solorzano | 31,543 | 1:504 | |
| 68 | Ponce | 31,536 | 1:504 | |
| 69 | Cordova | 30,623 | 1:519 | |
| 70 | Ramos | 30,430 | 1:523 | |
| 71 | Aguirre | 30,409 | 1:523 | |
| 72 | Cardenas | 30,394 | 1:523 | |
| 73 | Intriago | 30,299 | 1:525 | |
| 74 | Palacios | 30,167 | 1:527 | |
| 75 | Tapia | 30,012 | 1:530 | |
| 76 | Mera | 29,885 | 1:532 | |
| 77 | Hernandez | 29,222 | 1:544 | |
| 78 | Naranjo | 29,035 | 1:548 | |
| 79 | Murillo | 28,951 | 1:549 | |
| 80 | Franco | 28,751 | 1:553 | |
| 81 | Rojas | 28,444 | 1:559 | |
| 82 | Ochoa | 27,437 | 1:580 | |
| 83 | Acosta | 26,983 | 1:589 | |
| 84 | Briones | 26,664 | 1:597 | |
| 85 | Narvaez | 26,081 | 1:610 | |
| 86 | Avila | 25,592 | 1:622 | |
| 87 | Pacheco | 25,479 | 1:624 | |
| 88 | Mero | 25,379 | 1:627 | |
| 89 | Freire | 25,320 | 1:628 | |
| 90 | Chicaiza | 23,824 | 1:668 | |
| 91 | Orellana | 23,682 | 1:672 | |
| 92 | Palma | 23,670 | 1:672 | |
| 93 | Lema | 23,386 | 1:680 | |
| 94 | Campoverde | 23,353 | 1:681 | |
| 95 | Almeida | 23,317 | 1:682 | |
| 96 | Armijos | 23,175 | 1:686 | |
| 97 | Rosero | 23,132 | 1:688 | |
| 98 | Mosquera | 23,073 | 1:689 | |
| 99 | Vaca | 23,033 | 1:691 | |
| 100 | Caicedo | 23,030 | 1:691 | |
| 101 | Miranda | 22,889 | 1:695 | |
| 102 | Guevara | 22,880 | 1:695 | |
| 103 | Figueroa | 22,841 | 1:696 | |
| 104 | Mendez | 22,701 | 1:701 | |
| 105 | Escobar | 22,418 | 1:710 | |
| 106 | Navarrete | 22,389 | 1:710 | |
| 107 | Toapanta | 22,346 | 1:712 | |
| 108 | Ayala | 22,239 | 1:715 | |
| 109 | Saltos | 22,161 | 1:718 | |
| 110 | Lara | 22,128 | 1:719 | |
| 111 | Gutierrez | 22,049 | 1:721 | |
| 112 | Alava | 22,020 | 1:722 | |
| 113 | Calle | 22,014 | 1:723 | |
| 114 | Tomala | 21,933 | 1:725 | |
| 115 | Anchundia | 21,766 | 1:731 | |
| 116 | Guzman | 21,718 | 1:732 | |
| 117 | Cedeno | 21,536 | 1:739 | |
| 118 | Zamora | 21,523 | 1:739 | |
| 119 | Galarza | 21,289 | 1:747 | |
| 120 | Burgos | 21,069 | 1:755 | |
| 121 | Arteaga | 20,926 | 1:760 | |
| 122 | Jacome | 20,905 | 1:761 | |
| 123 | Arevalo | 20,771 | 1:766 | |
| 124 | Santana | 20,662 | 1:770 | |
| 125 | Pozo | 20,629 | 1:771 | |
| 126 | Villacis | 20,561 | 1:774 | |
| 127 | Peralta | 20,547 | 1:774 | |
| 128 | Pincay | 20,425 | 1:779 | |
| 129 | Carrion | 20,251 | 1:785 | |
| 130 | Velasquez | 20,006 | 1:795 | |
| 131 | Santos | 19,795 | 1:804 | |
| 132 | Carrillo | 19,661 | 1:809 | |
| 133 | Quezada | 19,447 | 1:818 | |
| 134 | Yepez | 19,101 | 1:833 | |
| 135 | Bonilla | 19,004 | 1:837 | |
| 136 | Vallejo | 18,780 | 1:847 | |
| 137 | Carrera | 18,700 | 1:851 | |
| 138 | Rivas | 18,639 | 1:853 | |
| 139 | Velasco | 18,565 | 1:857 | |
| 140 | Parraga | 18,491 | 1:860 | |
| 141 | Granda | 18,147 | 1:877 | |
| 142 | Solis | 18,062 | 1:881 | |
| 143 | Coronel | 18,034 | 1:882 | |
| 144 | Veliz | 17,986 | 1:884 | |
| 145 | Coello | 17,939 | 1:887 | |
| 146 | Benavides | 17,928 | 1:887 | |
| 147 | Villamar | 17,912 | 1:888 | |
| 148 | Caiza | 17,901 | 1:889 | |
| 149 | Erazo | 17,681 | 1:900 | |
| 150 | Cueva | 17,608 | 1:903 | |
| 151 | Yanez | 17,520 | 1:908 | |
| 152 | Bermeo | 17,384 | 1:915 | |
| 153 | Lucas | 17,291 | 1:920 | |
| 154 | Holguin | 17,223 | 1:924 | |
| 155 | Espinosa | 17,212 | 1:924 | |
| 156 | Alarcon | 17,082 | 1:931 | |
| 157 | Jara | 16,998 | 1:936 | |
| 158 | Parra | 16,920 | 1:940 | |
| 159 | Correa | 16,890 | 1:942 | |
| 160 | Bustamante | 16,789 | 1:947 | |
| 161 | Salinas | 16,748 | 1:950 | |
| 162 | Parrales | 16,560 | 1:960 | |
| 163 | Padilla | 16,429 | 1:968 | |
| 164 | Merchan | 16,253 | 1:979 | |
| 165 | Quishpe | 16,222 | 1:981 | |
| 166 | Cuenca | 16,175 | 1:983 | |
| 167 | Munoz | 16,089 | 1:989 | |
| 168 | Cortez | 15,509 | 1:1,026 | |
| 169 | Dominguez | 15,473 | 1:1,028 | |
| 170 | Contreras | 15,403 | 1:1,033 | |
| 171 | Aviles | 15,384 | 1:1,034 | |
| 172 | Borja | 15,361 | 1:1,035 | |
| 173 | Guerra | 15,328 | 1:1,038 | |
| 173 | Quiroz | 15,328 | 1:1,038 | |
| 175 | Villavicencio | 15,298 | 1:1,040 | |
| 176 | Luna | 15,124 | 1:1,052 | |
| 177 | Teran | 15,082 | 1:1,055 | |
| 178 | Cadena | 15,074 | 1:1,055 | |
| 179 | Camacho | 14,957 | 1:1,063 | |
| 180 | Hurtado | 14,896 | 1:1,068 | |
| 181 | Rivadeneira | 14,852 | 1:1,071 | |
| 182 | Enriquez | 14,804 | 1:1,074 | |
| 183 | Fajardo | 14,666 | 1:1,085 | |
| 184 | Sarmiento | 14,537 | 1:1,094 | |
| 185 | Carvajal | 14,480 | 1:1,098 | |
| 186 | Angulo | 14,457 | 1:1,100 | |
| 187 | Criollo | 14,394 | 1:1,105 | |
| 188 | Davila | 14,277 | 1:1,114 | |
| 189 | Serrano | 14,239 | 1:1,117 | |
| 190 | Cabezas | 14,107 | 1:1,128 | |
| 191 | Ibarra | 13,931 | 1:1,142 | |
| 192 | Viteri | 13,914 | 1:1,143 | |
| 193 | Yagual | 13,904 | 1:1,144 | |
| 194 | Meza | 13,843 | 1:1,149 | |
| 195 | Astudillo | 13,838 | 1:1,149 | |
| 196 | Vergara | 13,707 | 1:1,160 | |
| 197 | Choez | 13,648 | 1:1,165 | |
| 198 | Baque | 13,611 | 1:1,169 | |
| 199 | Robles | 13,600 | 1:1,170 | |
| 200 | Moncayo | 13,513 | 1:1,177 | |